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Time in Shanghai, China now

06:26:46AM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

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Sun: ↑ 04:57AM ↓ 06:44PM (13h 47m) - More info - Make Shanghai time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Shanghai

UTC +8

China Standard Time (CST)
now 12 hours ahead of New York

Shanghai has not had daylight saving time since 1991.
The IANA time zone identifier for Shanghai is Asia/Shanghai.

Time difference
from Shanghai

Los Angeles	−15 hours	−15 hours
Chicago	−13 hours	−13 hours
New York	−12 hours	−12 hours
Toronto	−12 hours	−12 hours
São Paulo	−11 hours	−11 hours
UTC	−8 hours	−8 hours
Lagos	−7 hours	−7 hours
London	−7 hours	−7 hours
Johannesburg	−6 hours	−6 hours
Paris	−6 hours	−6 hours
Zurich	−6 hours	−6 hours
Cairo	−5 hours	−5 hours
Istanbul	−5 hours	−5 hours
Moscow	−5 hours	−5 hours
Dubai	−4 hours	−4 hours
Mumbai	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Hong Kong	0
Singapore	0
Tokyo	+1 hours
Sydney	+2 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Shanghai

Sunrise: 04:57AM
Sunset: 06:44PM
Day length: 13h 47m
Solar noon: 11:51AM
The current local time in Shanghai is 9 minutes behind apparent solar time.